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WEATHER
Continued Fair With
Probable Showers
MARKETS
Stocks Steady; Wheat
Up; Cotton Firm
VOLUME 2—NUMBER 163
LABOR’S FATE HANGS IN AIR AS CHIEFS CONFER
COTTON SOARING
AFTER ESTIMATE
BY GOVERNMENT
STAPLE CROP APPRAISAL
SENDS FUTURES
TO PEAK
NEW YORK, July 8 (TP)—Prices
on the cotton futures market soared
at noon today following the govern
ment’s low estimate of the 1936 cot
ton crop.
The crop reporting board of the
department of agriculture estimated
that more than 30,600,000 acres were
planted to cotton in the United States
as of July 1. Last year approximately
28,888,000 acres were planted. Cotton
experts had predicted that) the 1936
acreage would be far in excess of the
government* figures published today.
The government’s announcement
brought a burst of buying on the New
York futures market. After the news,
prices jumped more than $1.50 a
bale- The July position sold at more
than 13 cents a pound. All the new
crop months skyrocketed above the 12-
cent level.
Cotton men had believed that the
average would be greatly expanded
because of the removal of restrictions
under the trlple-A. The planting of
eastern states In the cotton belt Is as
follows: Virginia, 56,900; North Caro
lina, 967,000; South Carolina, 1,424,-
000; Georgia 2,324,000.
Acreage Increases are shown In all
states except Florida. The greatest
expansion in acreage occurs west of '
the Mississippi river. Texas shows an J
Increase of 12 per cent over last year. :
The increase in Arkansas iz 14 per
cent.
GOVERNMENT AID
TO DROUGHT AREA
GEORGIA FARMERS TO BE
GIVEN HELPING
HAND
■ (Special to The Daily Timet)
ATLANTA, July B.—The federal
government will furnish relief to
Georgia’s drouth stricken farmers,
and arrangements for the program
will be worked out at a conference
between M ! ss Gay B. Shepperson,
State Works Progress Administrator,
and representatives of the Rural Re
settlement Administration and the
Agricultural Extension Service later
in the week.
Plans are being made to Include
many of the farmers in the July la
bor quota which provides for the em
ployment on various projects of 34,850
persons, nearly 3,000 more than were
given relief in June.
Miss Shepperson said today a
marked reaction during recent
months in the number of skilled
workers in Georgia is shown by the
labdr inventory.
NAZIS SEEKING
DANZIG CONTROL
START CAMPAIGN TO RE
MOVE LEAGUE COM
MISSIONER
DANZIG, July 8 , (TP).—lnformed
circles say Nazis are embarked on a
campaign to freeze the League of
Nations’ high Danzig commissioner,
Sean Lester, out of office.
The Nazis have set Lester’s resigna
tion as their first objective in their
drive for removal of league control.
Already, the Nazi controlled Danzig
government has ordered the opposi
tion press to cease publication. Ru
mors say the next step will be tne
imprisonment of opposition leadens.
The thory is that Lester, in that
event, would call on the Nazis to ex
plain their moves in violation of Ver.
sallies treaty rules. This request, re
ports say, would remain unanswered.
Lester then could call on the league
to send in an international police
force to take charge of the city or
could resgln. The Nazis think the
Irish high conrnlssioner would re
sign.
GRAPEVINE REPORTS SAY
THAT EDEN IS THROUGH
LONDON, July 8 (TP)—Whispered
reports circulating London today say
British foreign Minlsetr Anthony
Eden is on his way into the back
ground.
Eden has been ordered to the coun
try for a week's rest by his physi
cians. They say the young British
diplomat is suffering from heart
strain, brought on 1, the months of
intensive work surrounding the Ethi
opian crisis and its side issues.
Some observers point out that
Eden’s prestige has taken a severe
drop during recent weeks, due to the
failure of League of Nations sanc
tion* to end the African war. Many
believe that Eden's illness will be
given as a reason for his shift to a
mmor position in the Baldwin cabl-
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PHONE 6183
TROUBLE MUST BE HABIT FOR BLUM
NEW PICTURE ABOUT COLLAPSE BEGINS TO UNFOLD
AS SOCIALISTS TREAD LIGHTLY.
PARIS, July 8 (TP).—Premier
Leon Blum’s young Socialist govern
ment finds Itself in a difficult posi
tion today.
Blum's minister of the interior,
Roger Salengro, promised the French
senate that henceforth, the govern
ment would use every means to stamp
out the “sit-down” strikes which
have spread through France during
the past month.
Salengro’s pledge brought a 225-1
vote of confidence from the senators,
but it raised a wave of fury in the
chamber of deputies. Communist
members of the chamber were bitter
BONUS OR PROSPERITY
Special to The Daily Times)
ATLANTA, July B.—The State
motor vehicle department during
the first six months in 1936 sold
14,385 more automobile license
tags than in the same period last
year, a report issued today by G.
B. Carreker, chairman of the
state revenue commission, showed.
During the six months 319.000
tags were sold as compared with
304,695 In the first half of 1935.
An increase of $258,235 in state
income tax collections for the first
si:; months of the year over the
sa iWs period in 1935 was also re
ported by Carrwker.
HUNTER NAMED TO
REGENCY BOARD
SAVANNAH ATTORNEY AP
POINTED BY GOVER
NOR TALMADGE
Governor Talmadge yesterday ap
pointed E. Ormonde Hunter; promin
ent local attorney, to the board of
regents from the first Congressional
district to complete the unexpired
term of the late S. H. Morgan of
Guyton.
Mr. Hunter immediately dispatched
a telegram to the governor accepting
the position.
Mr. Hunter is a native of Savan
nah, having been born here in 1893.
He is a graduate of Yale University,
and of the Lumpkin school of Law
of the University of Georgia. He serv
ed during the World War at the front
as captain of artillery and as aide-de
camp to Maj. Gen. Swift.
For the last fifteen years the new
regent has been a partner in the law
firm of Connerat and Hunter. He
commenced the practice of law in
1917, and is a past president of the
Savannah Bar Association and a mem
ber of the Georgia Bar Association.
He has served as a member of the
state assembly, and as assistant city
attorney under former Mayor Hoynes.
At present he is a member of the Sa
vannah Lodge of Elks, the American
Legion, and the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
FRENCH WORKERS
HOLD HOSTAGES
i
NEW ANGLE POPS UP IN
NEW LABOR DIFFICULTY |
PARIS, July 8 (TP)—Workers in
the famous Citeron Motor factory are
holding two of the company’s direc
tors a* hostages today to insure a
satlsfactry settlement o' a labor dis
pute.
The workers in the French motor
plant insisted that two engineers be
fired. The factory management re
fused. Then the workers proclaimed
a "sit down” strike. Two of the Ci
troen directors made a hurry visit to
the factory in an attempt to settle
the dispute. The strikers seized the
directors and are holding them as
prisoners in their own plant. The
strikers sent the following ultimatum
to the factory management—
“ When the two engineers are fired
we will release your directors and
go to work.”
REV. S P. CADMAN
IS SLOWLY SINKING
CHANCES SLIM FOR RE
COVERY OF RADIO
MINISTER
PLATTSBURG. N. Y., July 8 (TP)
Brooklyn's radio pastor, Dr. S. Parkes
Cadman, took a dangerous turn for
the worse today in his fight to sur
vive an appendicitis attack. His phy
sician at Champlain Valley hospital,
Dr. L. G. Barton, reported that Dr.
Cadman's pulse is becoming more ir
regular and there is little hope for
him.
The physician slid;
"Dr. Cadman's chances are gravely
slim. The odds are against his re
covery."
in criticizing Salengro’s promise and
threatened to help topple tne govern
ment unless the cabinet official re
tracts his pledge.
Blum was elected by a united front
coalition of Socialists, Radical-Social
ists and Communists. Many believe
he needs the 73 Communist votes :r.
the chamber of deputies to pu l
through the next confidence test
that may arise. If the government
goes through with its promise to end
the “sit-down” strikes and the Com
inunists withdraw their clivnber «.i
deputies suppers Blum's cabinet may
collapse in a heap. /
NATURE’S ACTS IN
DROUGHT AREAS
PRODUCE CHAOS
COUNTRY IN TURMOIL A'
HEAT WAVES CAUSE
STRIFE
CHICAGO, July 8 (TP).—The
mercury again shot upward today
as the white-hot sun beat down on
the parched western states. Farm
ers who are suffering from a month
of drought looked up at clear skies
and muttered—“no hope.”
The record heat-wave has claimed
56 lives. Reports from scores of
cities in the torrid area say the
deaths are mounting by the hour.
The worst scene of devastation is
tlie nations’ “breadbasket” on the
rolling wheat fields of the north- '
west. The vast fields are fast be
coming a desert, with more than 50
per cent of the crop already burned
out. Farmers are sending their i
scrawney livestock to markets by |
the railroad. There is little pastur- I
age left in the stricken states.
Thousands of farmers have aban
doned their fields to take jobs on !
WPA projects. Federal emergency
relief plans call tor more than half '
a million men to work on soil and
water conservation projects within
the next few weeks.
On the nations commodity mar
kets food prices are skyrocketing. But
ter is selling at the highest market
since 1930.
Wheat and potatoes command war
time prices. Milk is expected to fol
low as pastures turn to a seared
brown.
In many states paved highways
are cracking from the terrific heat.
In Duluth, Minn., ordinarily one of
the coolest spots in the nation, traf
fic officers are in shirt sleeves for
the first time in the city’s history.
All activities have slowed down as
the heat wave and drought take a toll
of millions of dollars in damages and
deprive rural populations of any re
turn on their work.
Slight Relief Forecast
WASHINGTON, July 8 (TP).
Slight relief from the drought in
some parts of the stricken northwest
was forecast today by the U. S.
weather bureau. The bureau forecast
light, scattered showers in both west
ern and northern North Dakota and
in extreme western South Dakota to
night.
Scattered showers were forecast for
Thursday in the Dakotas, northwest
Minnesota and northwest Nebraska.
Temperatures will continue armor
mally high in most places. Somewhat
cooler weather will prevail in west
ern and southern North Dakota and
northwest Minnesota tonight. Some
what cooler weather is predicted to
morrow in the Dakotas, central and
northern Minnesota and northwest
Nebras.a
An Inside View
A Transradio reporter pulled his
dusty car up to the home of John
Erickson today to ask a typical.
North Dakota farmer about the rav
ages of drought.
Erickson lives in a five-room hou»e,
the walls of which are made of log to
keep out the ha’.sh winter cold, and
the summer's scorching heat.
The farmer mopped his brow and
pointed to a 400-acre wheat field lit
erally burning up under a relentless
sun. The thermometer on his front
porch registered 112 degrees.
That 400 acres of whea.t” Erick
son explained, “is a goner. It sohuld
have grossed nearly $15,000. Os
course, I would have to pay for seed
and expenses out of that. But now.
I won't get a nickel.”
"If rain comes right away, I can
take the SSOO I have saved and re
plant some of it with more wheat,
oats or sudan grass. Any of those
would provide winter feed for my 18
head of cattle and my horses."
Erickson said he had sold six head
of cattle rather than see them starve
on burning pastures. He is trying to
save the other 18 as a foundation for
his herd.
“If it doesn't rain—and it probably
won’t” he said, “my SSOO will have
to go for importing seed. In that
case, there will be another mortgage
on my place by next spring.”
SAVANNAH, GA., WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1936
OMINOUS QUIET
AS CANDIDATES
PREPARE PLANS
GEORGIA’S RACE FOR GOV.
ERNOR TO BE BITTER
ATLANTA, July 8 (Special to The
Daily Times) —Candidates were put
ting finishing touches on campaign
plans here today, and by the end of
the week what promises to be Geor
gia’s most spectacular campaign in
recent years will be in full swing.
Senator Russell will open his cam
l paign at Waycross Thursday and
| will speak again at a barbecue in
Hapeville Saturday afternoon. The
' junior senator has opened headquar
ters in Atlanta with Marion Allen of
Milledgeville, as campaign manager.
Governor Talmadge, the senator’s
pponent, will make his next speech
u Cartersville July 15.
In a statement issued Tuesday in
is weekly paper The Statesman,
the governor charged his opposition
i "had run over the people so tong tax
ing them, trying to bribe them, and
flaunting social equality with the neg
ro in their faces until almost anything
can be expected now.”
The four cornered race for gover
nor is also getting in full swing.
Speaker Ed Rivers, of the state
house of representatives, has opened
headquarters here, and Judge Blan
ton Fortson, of Athens Weltner con
vention nominee, will begin his cam
paign Saturday in Washington, coun
ty seat of Wilkes, his home county.
Representative J. W. Culpepper, of
Fayetteville, chairman of the house
appropriations committee last session,
and Judge Lucian P. Goodrich, or
Griffin, are slated to manage the cam
paign of Charles D. Redwine, the Tab
madge backed candidate for gover
nor.
Judge W. W. Larsen, the fourth man
in the race, has been conducting his
campaign for some time, and this
week is speaking in south Georgia
ST ATETO SUPPLY
GRAMMAR BOOKS
LOAN • AGREEMENT BEING
WORKED OUT BY THE
SCHOOL HEADS
(Suesial to The Daily Times)
ATLANTA, July B.—Plans were
being made here today to furnish
free school books to every grammar
school student in the state of Geor
gia with in the next year.
A resolution calling for distribution
of the free books, the cost of which
is to be defrayed out of $449,850 col
lected from beer licenses, was passed
by the state board of education Trits
day.
City and county schools will be af
fected alike under the order.
A committee composed of Dr. M.
C. Collins, state superintendent of
schools, L. A. Whippe and S. D. Tru
itt has been named to carry out the
plans.
The four basic books to be furnish
ed without cost —courses in reading,
spelling and arithmetic —will be pro
vided as loans, with the children in
structed to return them as they com
plete their grades.
WAS HER FACE RED!
CRUELTY CHARGE PROVES
TO BE ANOTHER
BOOMERANG
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass.. July 8 (TP)
Police Chief Walter Reeves, who was
charged with cruelty in a letter sent
him by a woman in New York, came
forward today with a perfect alibi, j
Reeves is a crack pistol shot. Re
cently he was praised for his skill in :
shooting three owls squarely between
the eyes. No sooner did that story get
around until a letter reached Reeves
from Mrs. C. N. E'ge of New York.
She reproached the police chief for
showing off his marksmanship at the
expense of the owls. Reeves’ alibi was
brought out in his written reply to
Mrs. Edge.
“I admit this story about my shoot
ing owls has some truth in it,” the
police officer said. “But it neglected
to mention that the owls were made
of paper and set up as targets.”
APPELLATE COURT RULES
ON INCOME TAX RETURNS
(Special to Savannah Daily Times)
ATLANTA, July B.—Only the dif
ference between the actual purchase
and sales price of stocks may be de
ducted as stock losses on income tax
returns, the State Court of Appeals
held today.
In a petition brought by Mrs. Mor
ris Brandon to restrain the state
from levying a fl fa for income tax
she failed to pay, the court held
stock purchased in 1922 for SIO,IOO.
which later rose to $41,500 and was
finally sold for $8,998 could only be
deducted as a loss of $1,109.
Ready to Talk in Blonde Beauty Shooting
z I
Soundphoto
Edward Freed (center), Chicago night club owner, is shown with his attorney, Abe Marivitz (right) and
Police Captain Andrew * erry as Freed surrendered himself for questioning by the Chicago authorities
s ; to solve th" nr-sterious •’hooting of Audrev Vallette. (Central Prest)
HOPPERS NOT GOATS
OMAHA, Neb., July 8 (TP)
Restaurant Owner Jerry J antas
was glad to get back to the city
(o-iay after trying to escape the
heat in the country. Jantas told
friends he wasn’t going to swelter
in town while the cool shade of
trees beokened him from the rural
sections. The restaurant owner
went to the woods and pitched a
tent in the open.
He awoke today to find grass
hoppers swarming over him. The
insects had eaten his seeks, part
of his mattress and his trousers.
RELIEF CLAMOR~’
DARKENS PICTURE
OF G. 0. P. LEADEP
LANDON’S HOME STATI
FURNISHES OWN ARMY
OF AID SEEKERS
TOPEKA, Kan., July 8 (TP)
State legislators rushed procedure to
day to follow Governor Alf Landon's
suggestions on an amendment to the
Kansas constitution.
Landon asked the special session
to favor a "broad” amendment which
would make it possible for the state
to accept all federal social security
aid. ’-mmediately alter his personal
address, the judiciary committee
adopted two amendments, one on old
age pensions and the other on un
employment relief.
The legislature is expected to pa*o
on the proposals as speedily as pos
sible. It has reason to avoid delay in
action. A large group of unemployed '
is camped a few bloaks from the
statehouse and ready to start a dem
onstration on word from its leaders.
The group demands immediate relief
for 10,000 jobless men and women.
The hunger marchers swarmed into
the legislative cn)»mocrs during Lan
don's address and were conspicuous
by their refusal to applaud when he
finished his speech. The lawmakers
are expected to complete their busi
ness abruptly to avoid a clash with
the unemployed groups.
POLICE MARK TIME
IN PARKER CASE
NOT SURPRISED AT ACTION
OF GOVERNOR HOFF
MAN
NEW YORK, July 8 (TP)—New
Jersey Governor Hoffman s refusal to j
p:rmit extradition of Burlington coun- |
ty Detective Ellis Parked failed today :
to surprise the New York authorities i
who had requested his extradition on 1
kidnaping conspiracy charges.
Brooklyn District Attorney William 1
F. X. Geoghan had previously hint:d j
that he expected Hoffman to turn ;
down the extradition rciiue*t.
“Hcffman,” Geoghan said a few
days ago. “will not always be gover
nor of New Jersey. This indictment
against Parker always will be good.” j
Parker is the rural detective ac- |
cused by Paul H. Wcndel of engi- ;
neering Wendrl's alleged k dnaping
and torture. Wendel, a disbarred at
torney, said he was hr Id prisoner and ■
tortured for ten days before he signed I
a worthl.ss confession of the Lind- |
bergh murder. The “confession” de
layed the execution of Bruno Richard
Hauptmann for three days when it ,
was presented Dy Parker
In refusisy I a- "or!: Governor
Lehman's extraction request, Hoff
man said he placed no value on the !
testimony given the Brooklyn grand
jury which indicted Parker. 1
OOKS
PHONE 6183
BRITISH PLANE CRASHES, 7 DIE
HUGE TRANSPORT BECOMES INFERNO AFTER DIVE!
SIX SAVED BY ACTION OF FIRE ENGINE
I CAIRO, July 8 (TP)—A huge trans
port plane of the British Royal Air
Force hurtled to destruction today
on a tiny air field at Mersa Matrun.
I Three infantry officers and four air
force enlisted men wee killed The
transport caught fire after striking
• the ground with a roar. A fire engine
at the air field extinguished the
flames in time to save the lives of
six men in the wrecked craft whicn
carried a crew of 13. The six sur
vivors were rushed to a hcspital tor
treatment of concussions and burns.
WASHINGTON GETS
SCOUT JAMBOREE
YOUTH ORGANIZATION TO
MEET NEXT YEAR IN
NATION’S CAPITOL
NEW YORK, July 8 (TP)—From
the national headquarters of the Boy
Scouts of America went news today ,
that the great national jamboree will
' go ahead next year at Washington.
It is scheduled from June 30 to July 9.
Th.s great meeting or scouts and
scout leader* will take the place of
the jamboree originally scheduled for
August, 1935. That was called off be
cause of the infantile paralysis epi
d.mic that crept uncomfortably close
to Washington. President Roosevelt
i himself asked that the encampmnet
be postponed. |
The national jamboree committee —
including Marshall Field, Col. Theo
dore Roosevelt and Dr. James E. West
—predicts that the 1937 jambore will
be the greatest gathering of boys in
in Amirica history. The Indemnity
Insurance Company paid off all
claims from the cancelled 1935 jambo
ree and about $304,00 was returned
to scouts and scout leaders who reg
i istered for the camp.
DETECTIVES CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL ASSAULT
NEW YORK, July 8 (TP)—Four
I detectives will play turn-about roles
I today when they appear in Bronx
Court as defendants.
The quartet are charged with beat
ing up a Liberal agitator whom they
arrested during recent graduation
; exercizes held at a Bronx high school,
i The Liberal, Benjamin Kaplan, was
' seized when he arose to condemn
! school authorities for refusing to give
| diplomas to two students who haa
taken part in an anti-war strike.
Kaplan was given a suspended sen-
J tence when Magistrate Lindau viewed
i pictures of the prisoner, taken after
his arrest. The four detectives were
then ordered to face assault charges,.
FOUR YEAR OLD DRIVER
HAS POLICE STUMPED
I
DENVER, Colo., Jul; 8 (TP)—Po- |
lice are completely stumped today by ;
. the ev.dence against four-year-old Al ; |
j fred Wockham. i
| There are a dozen witnesses against |
the boy. All of them say they saw '
him get into a parked car, drive one *
i block, stop the machine and start to '
i back into a parking space Then his |
foot slipped off th? clutch, and he i
rammed into another car.
I The problem before the police to- !
day is—what charge to bring againat
1 four-year-old Alfred?
IThe plane was a troop carrier named
“Vakatia.” She Hid made many
flights fom Egypt to Palestine to
transport troops.
The cause of the crash has not been
ascertained.
G. O. P. HEADS CUT
'AWAY AT FARLEY
I
POSITION OF ROOSEVELT
DRAWS CRITICISM FROM
REPUBLICANS
WASHINGTON. July 8 (TP) .
I Republican chiefs are using “Big
1 Jim” Farley as a target again today.
President Roosevelt has announced
that Farley will take leave of absence
as postmaster general on August 1,
to handle the Democratic campaign
as chairman of the party's national
committee. Although no announce
ment was made regarding Farley’s re
turn to the cabinet after the election
it is generally supposed that Presi
dent Roosevelt's right hand man will
resume the postmaster generalship
when campaign duties are completed.
This supposition drew the fire of
G. O. P. leaders. They maintained
that Farley's leave of absence status
is in violation to President Roose
velt s own order, forbidding national
committeemen from keeping their po
litical positions and, at the same
time, holding government jobs.
LEHMAN TO PROBE
ALLEGED RACKETS
PROMISES T 0 CONVENE
TWO GRAND JURIES
FOR TRIALS
NEW YORK, July 8 (TP).—Armed
with Governor Herbert Lehman’s
promise to convene two new special
grand juries, Special Prosecutor
Thomas E. Dewey is ready today to
close in oh New York's industrial
racketeers.
Lehman promised to call the grand
juries after Dewey and State Supreme
Court Justice Prilip McCook called
on the governor at Albany. The
juries will be called as soon as Gov
ernor Lehman can make the neces
sary arrangements.
First on Dewey’s “Clean-up list”
according to general opinion, are the
two “Gorilla Boys,” “Jake Gurrah”
Shapiro and Louis “Lepke” Buck
house. The pair are named by police
as leading figures in the racket which
has terrorized garment center busi
ness men into paying tribute amount
ing to more than $1,000,000 for each
of the ’Gorilla Boys.” Authorities
maintain that the garment manufac
turers who have refused to pay trib
ute to the twe, racketeers often have
seen their goods ruined by acid, their
shops burneo. and their workers
slugged.
RESTAURANT EXPLOSION
CREATES MINOR PANIC
NEW YORK. July 8 (TP)—An ex
-1 plosion in a restaurant basement in
; jured two employes today and ere
i ated a small panic in the Broad and
I Wall street financial district.
| The blast was caused by a leak in .
pipes that supply a chem z 1 com- I
1 pound to make cold air. Harry Shaw ■
J was burned and bruised by th? blasrt
and the save-in that followed.
! A waitress. Anna Oreas, was cut
'by flying glats. One show window
was shattered and cakes and pastries
1 went flying into the street.
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Consider
Defiance
of Lewis
POSSIBILITY OF COMPRO
MISE STILL STRONG ALy
THOUGH REPORT SAYS
TWO TO ONE FOR SUS
PENSION.
WASHINGTON July 8 (TP)— The
solidarity of the organized labor
movement in America hangs in the
balance today as 16 grim visaged la
bor leaders march into the executive
council chamber on the second floor
of the American Federation of La
bor building In Washington.
These 16 men compose the power
ful executive council of the federa
tion. They are meeting to decide the
fate of the poweriul United Mine
Workers’ chief, John L. Lewis, and
the 12 unions composing the com
mittee for industrial organ! ation.
This committee represents a million
members of organized labor —one-
third of the total A. F. of L. mem
bership.
Defiea Orders
Lewis’ committee has openly de
fied the federation’s order to disband.
Instead, the committee has gone
ahead with its plans to organize one
union for each mass production in
dustry. They have already moved
into the steel industry. This brought
forth a flat declaration of war from
steel employers.
The A. F. of L., on the other hand,
is opposed to the single union idea.
They want to organize the ma® pro
duction industries along tradi
tional lines of one union for each
type of worker. Today’s council meet
ing culminates a vigorous ten month
battle over union organization be
i tween Lewis and A. F. of L. President
! Green.
unofficial poll of the members
pf Tne A- F. of L.’s executive coun
cil this morfling indicates that the
United Mine Workers and the 11
other trade unions on Lewis’ commit
tee will bfe temporarily suspended
from the federation.
May Be Suspended
Although the poll shows that the
council stands two to one for suspen
sion, the possibility of a compromise
is still strong. The council's action to
day is only temporary: suspension*
must be ratified by two-thirds vote
of an entire federation convention.
Even staunch supporters of Green
admit privately that) he cannot muster
this majority at the next convention
to sustaih a suspension of Lewis’
group.
Neither Lewis nor any of the union*
associated with his committee will be
represented at the council meeting.
They were invited to appear and de
fend themselves, but Lewis in char
acteristic manner, scorned any de
fense of his actions.
ITALIAN PRESS
RIDICULES PACT
PAPERS ASK REVOCATION
OF TREATY AGAINST
IL DUCE
ROME, July 8 (TP)—The Italian
press opened fire today on the Medi
terranean pact signed by Great Bri
tain and other powers.
The naval pact was aimed princi
pally at Italy. It was drawn up last
winter when tension between Britain
and Italy neared the breaking point.
Italian newspapers demanded in
chorus today that the pact be tossed
into discard.
The semi-official giornale d'ltalia
said: “The only effect of this naval
agreement is to provoke Italy. What
dangers menace England other signers
of this treaty now that league sanc
tions have been lifted?”
The paper adds that Italy cannot
participate in the present conference
on the refortification of the Dar
danelles until the Mediterranean pact
is scrapped.
MRS. CREIGHTON
DENIED NEW TRIAL
LETTER FROM DAUGHTER
PROVES UNAVAILING;
MOTHER MUST DIE
MINEOLA, L. 1., July 8 (TP)—
Judge Cortland Johnson today denied
Mrs. Frances Creighton’s motion for
a new trial on her murder conviction.
Mrs. Creighton is the Long Island
housewife condemned to die along
with Edward Applegate for the mur
der of Applegate’s wife.
She based her hopes on a letter
written by her 15-year-old daughter.
Applegate and Mrs. Creighton are to
die in Sing Sing's electric chair a
week form tomorrow night.